CONFIGURING ADVANCED BRIDGING

Bridge Filters

For Restricted Bridging, the following additional filter actions are available only on a system with an Ethernet-2 adapter executing the local bridge option:

Filter

Distribution

Result

Action

List

 

 

 

 

FORWARD

LAN PORT 1

A packet matching this filter will only be forward-

 

 

ed on LAN port 1. The packet will not be sent to re-

 

 

mote sites connected over the WAN or to LAN

 

 

port 2.

 

 

 

FORWARD

LAN PORT 2

A packet matching this filter will only be forward-

 

 

ed on LAN port 2. The packet will not be sent to re-

 

 

mote sites connected over the WAN or to LAN

 

 

port 1.

 

 

 

FORWARD

LAN PORT 1

A packet matching this filter will only be sent to re-

 

and WAN

mote sites connected over the WAN and to LAN

 

 

port 1. The packet will not be forwarded on LAN

 

 

port 2.

 

 

 

FORWARD

LAN PORT 2

A packet matching this filter will only be sent to re-

 

and WAN

mote sites connected over the WAN and to LAN

 

 

port 2. The packet will not be forwarded on LAN

 

 

port 1.

 

 

 

FORWARD

Device List*

A packet matching this filter will only be sent to

 

 

the specified Device List.

 

 

 

CONNECT

Device List*

A packet matching this filter will be connected to

 

 

the specified Device List.

 

 

 

It is possible to use a discard filter action to selectively discard packets that have been forwarded through the previous restricted bridging forwarding filters. The following chart summarizes the discard filter actions available for Restricted Bridging:

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